Energy Structure

China has sped up efforts to move from a coal-oriented structure to a cleaner and more diversified energyproduction, according to a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Natural gas output reached 148 billion cubic meters, and primary electricity came to 1.8 trillion kw hours in 2017, data showed.

The share of clean energy production saw continuous growth. Natural gas made up 5.4 percent of the total energy production, while electricity and other clean energy jumped to 17.4 percent last year, the highest since 1978, according to the report. China’s net energy imports also followed an optimized trend last year with the import of raw coal down 1.2 percent and natural gas up 18.4 percent when compared with that of five years ago. servation achievements in protecting endangered species.

China Network Television’s ipanda channel and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding jointly launched the Worldwide Giant Panda Keeper Volunteer Program in order to enable the public, both domestic and international, to better understand giant panda breeding.

Twenty-seven young people from around the world will be selected to come to Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province and known as “home of the panda”, to undergo closed-door, professional training and witness the breeding of giant pandas. A number of other events have been hosted by the base in recent years to present scientific research on giant pandas, calling on the public to lead an ecofriendly lifestyle.